Total plasma homocysteine values among elderly subjects: Findings from the Maracaibo Aging Study

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1007-1015

  Molero, Aldrin E ^a   Altimari, Carmen C ^a,b   Duran, Dariana A ^a,b   Garcia, Esperanza ^a   Pino Ramirez, Gloria ^c   Maestre, Gladys E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c Universidad Rafael Urdaneta   (Venezuela)

^d Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caribbean; Elderly; Homocysteine; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33748985830     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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